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@goldenvas

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Brother Mel! Do check out Donovan and his song Season of the Witch and then the Bloomfield Kooper Stills version of the same!!! Peace and love from Greece 🇬🇷

@aldoneira416

3 жыл бұрын

Please check out “Marooned” by Pink Floyd

@berrisfueller8205

3 жыл бұрын

Now go watch Soaked in Bleach lol.

@enderwiggin5572

3 жыл бұрын

Please react to Nirvana lounge act!

@viking956

3 жыл бұрын

Love to see your reaction to Average White Band, "Tender Loving Care" Live off their 'Person to Person' Live Album circa 1977.

”It’s a very sad rendition, of course, because it’s so tied up with his own life and death, so it takes on all these different shades. So it really has two mystical states: the time I wrote and recorded it and the time he recorded it, and the things that led up to his end after that.” - David Bowie, 1995

@greghartshorne6621

3 жыл бұрын

It’s so haunting and so beautiful. The depth in this performance ties it right up with Bowie and who he was recording with at the time. Of course Bowie changed it up later on, but regardless-

@ligeiaztomb2755

3 жыл бұрын

Greatness recognizes greatness

@jayburdification

3 жыл бұрын

Bowie was an amazing and tireless ambassador of Rock. The commentary he does in the pixies documentary “loud quiet loud” is outstanding. He didn’t just create music, he was a fan. And he always changed along with the times.

@loadedorygun

3 жыл бұрын

How many bands literally change music twice? The first time with smells like teen Spirit, they crushed whatever was on the radio and then everything after that was different if not sounding just like them. Then obviously with the help of MTV they do this unplug that creates a movement and again changed music and spawned a host of attempts to try to re-create the magic. Other than this one my favorite is the LL cool J unplug; try to find mama said knock you out. It too was groundbreaking, like Paul’s boutique in that it used real instruments and came out just as powerful

@poltergeistfm

3 жыл бұрын

@@loadedorygun oh were they the first one on MTV unplugged? i never knew! back then (late 90s) i also discovered alice in chains unplugged performance and thought 'wow, what an exit'

It’s amazing how good this unplugged was considering how quick they threw it together.

@neworld2114

3 жыл бұрын

Agree- hey maybe that’s why it was so awesome...

@tonymatrisin4328

3 жыл бұрын

Defiently, alot of great Unplugged shows during this time

@justayoutuber1906

3 жыл бұрын

and how electrically plugged in it was

@LoopORama

3 жыл бұрын

Well when you get the Meat Puppets to back you up...

@brodemonz

3 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to know how long they worked on the tunes leading up to the unplugged performance.

Something tells me that drummer has a future in rock.

@rgac24

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Dave Ghrol Foo Fighters

@scarletjohnston741

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Wrangzilla

3 жыл бұрын

I think he was on America’s Got Talent and lost..

@jotacalvo

3 жыл бұрын

@@rgac24 🤦‍♂️ you should brush up on recognizing sarcasm

@trentbobo4171

3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for him to start his own band everlong

I feel like there's just something...sadder about Nirvana's cover. Kurt's voice has a hitch that scrapes the heart. I miss that guy. His loss also scrapes the heart.

@5yearsout

3 жыл бұрын

Well put, there was something in Kurt's voice that was unique and sometimes I think it gets overlooked by the quality of his lyrics. Depressing to think of all of the music we've missed out on due to his passing.

@jasonostrout2008

3 жыл бұрын

So much pain. I still get goosebumps during his version of where did you sleep last night.

@j.j.4150

3 жыл бұрын

@@5yearsout He had a fragile voice and wasn't the best singer. Let's call it what it is lol.

@5yearsout

3 жыл бұрын

@@j.j.4150 Never claimed he was the best singer as "best" is so subjective, and his "fragile voice" at this point was likely due to the heavy addiction he was in the midst of at the time of this recording. I just pointed out that there was something unique about it. If I was starting a group and could have my pick of any singers from that genre it would be Layne Staley or more than likely Chris Cornell. To each their own though, either way I'd have liked to hear more music from him and Layne. At least we got quite a bit from Chris.

@doomhunter697

3 жыл бұрын

@@j.j.4150 Agreed. He sounds 'whiney' in this one. It grates my ears.

This whole unplugged session is so good.

@TheRubenMar

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, is worth a full concert reaction

I remember well when this cover aired on MTV Unplugged and was blown away with the respect they showed to this great Bowie song.

@eduarDOGames560

3 жыл бұрын

It’s was amazing!!!! It was the first unplugged and no one ever captured it like NIRVANA!!! .. maybe Alice In Chains but even then it doesn’t come close to this performance!!!!!

@booradley0x0

3 жыл бұрын

Totally!! I was a teenager and my bro and I recorded it off the tv onto a vhs tape and rewatched it a million times. Def defined a generation.

@danieljodrey8863

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.i must have been thirty or so because that feels like thirty years ago.

@sexysadie2901

3 жыл бұрын

@@eduarDOGames560 It wasn't the first unplugged, the first one was in late 80s.

@eduarDOGames560

3 жыл бұрын

@@sexysadie2901 That’s cute ... You google that ?... it was ..cuz no one remembers the “80s” one!!!

Kris' bass playing in the bridge and chorus is such a cool part of the song. Kris was a really great bassist. Underrated as hell

@mikepeden6405

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve looked up many of his tabs and was blown away by what he was doing. I’m a guitarist so my ear, for better or worse, hones in on guitar first and misses a lot of what else is going on in songs.

@benmiz9742

3 жыл бұрын

I agree 100%, he stole the show in this song if you have your listening ears switched on. Then throw that cello in the mix and it’s god damn perfect. A real tear jerker for sure.

@N1120A

2 жыл бұрын

Krist is one of the best picking bassists ever. He rarely plays fingerstyle or slap, but gets such an awesome sound.

@carltonjones3796

5 ай бұрын

He was!

When they started playing this on MTV's Unplugged, a lot of people's jaws hit the floor. It was a great choice.

Anyone within grabbing distance of a guitar in 1994 could play Bowie's lick because of Nirvana's cover. It singlehandedly brought Bowie's 70s catalog back into mainstream popularity & relevancy to a generation that really only knew him from MTV & _Let's Dance._ Bowie went on to tour with NIN a year later & finally got his creative 🔥 back after years in the wilderness, burning bright until his death. Recommended: Full album reaction to Bowie's final masterpiece: 2016's *Blackstar*

It’s almost as if David Bowie had written it waiting for Curt to come along. I was truly impressed. Excellent cover.

@raisa_cherry33

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 😢 tragically both Kurt and David are no more.

@DerekDerekDerekDerekDerekDerek

Жыл бұрын

Na. Original is miles better.

This put Kurt on a whole 'nuther level for me. This. This song. Incredible cover of Bowie, and he ain't easy to cover.

I love Dave Grohl ❤ He's the definition of just being a good human & being humble and kind. He always spreads love, peace, & joy. ❤🎵✌

@scarletjohnston741

3 жыл бұрын

He's an awesome dude! And a hell of an entertaininer. Sadly, I never got to see Nirvana, but I've seen Foo Fighters twice & they kick ass. Dave is hilarious & just a good human ✌️💜

@heathcornbeef

3 жыл бұрын

Yip i think Dave has a lot of empathy I've seen Nirvana and the foo fighters. NA na Na NA NA na Na Na YEAH NAH

Since Bowie is my ultimate, I rarely think ANYONE can do a song better than his own version. This is one, All The Young Dudes by Mott The Hoople is the other. Nirvana does great justice to this song.

@elysejohnson8144

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Nancy! Are you saying there's a cover of "All the Young Dudes" that you like? I'd be interested to look it up!

@nancye1436

3 жыл бұрын

@@elysejohnson8144, nope. Just that Mott The Hoople’s version that we know and love is better than Bowie’s. I adore Bowie but MTH does that song better, IMO. 🙂

@elysejohnson8144

3 жыл бұрын

Ah got it! The Mott the hoople version is great, makes me feel like I'm floating on the clouds for a few minutes lol

@Richard_Jones

3 жыл бұрын

It's probably a capital crime to admit, but I really like the Lulu version of this.

@JB-xh5mc

3 жыл бұрын

Bruce Dickinson covered All The Young Dudes as well. Great cover.

When MTV and VH1 we’re doing Unplugged and Storytellers they had reached their peak. They had nowhere to go but down. Some of the best music came off of those shows. I wish it had lasted longer.

@scarletjohnston741

3 жыл бұрын

Man those were the days...

Love NIRVANA so much...another exceptional performer gone too soon...dearly missed!

Not a huge Nirvana fan but this is by far one of my favourite live performances by any musician(s).

That guitar that Kurt is playing sold at auction last year for $6 million. The performance and THAT guitar are iconic.

@God-ck5yo

3 жыл бұрын

Not only the guitar - the cardigan he was wearing was sold at auction for $334,000.

@dvs620

3 жыл бұрын

@@God-ck5yo I found a cardigan in the same color, but not as fuzzy at a thrift store when I was 14. I wore it all the time.

@RetNemmoc555

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, I didn't know that. I also never knew how he got the the electric sound out of that guitar until I read that he had added pickups to it.

@plain_simple_garak

2 жыл бұрын

As I understand the story, that happened because his daughter and her husband got divorced, and somehow the husband wound up with this guitar. Apparently she was never supposed to give it to him in the first place, it was meant to be an heirloom. But somehow in the divorce proceedings he ended up with it, and sold it.

You should do the other cover he did in this show, "Where Did you Sleep Last Night", which is a very old folk, think Leadbelly is the originator. Leadbelly also sang the original black betty that ram jam covered.

@Rockyinlp

3 жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken I think he did do "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" already.

@pseudoty

3 жыл бұрын

Nice Shoutout to Leadbelly, Thanks! Like you said it was Folk passed on from person to person so he did not right it but did record it.

@eviekelpie1

3 жыл бұрын

He has already done it

@catherinemoran9037

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't realise he'd already done Where Did You Sleep. Have to check that out! It was stunning. That moment when Kurt just opened his eyes and stared - hit me like a ton of bricks. Still does.

@eviekelpie1

3 жыл бұрын

@@catherinemoran9037 I know exactly what you mean. On the 8th April was 27 years since he died😢

Saw Bowie live 5 times, front row 3 times, met him once. He was very kind, talked to me for about 10 minutes, and I was just a fan, he treated everyone the same, you know? I adored him and will always miss him. ONE of a kind.

I love how Kurt messed up the first note of the solo but you can’t even tell cause he compensates for the mistake so well.

@steverose3019

3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Page once said if you screw up a riff then just repeat the mistake a time or two until it sounds good.

It just hurts man. I was a senior in high school going to baseball practice when I heard Kurt was gone. Far to soon. I’ll never forget that day

Kurt sings “I never lost control” but he did. Just like when he sang “I’m not gonna crack” but he did. Sad really. Jamal is such good soul! When he hears that the performer has passed, he always says: Rest In Peace, brother. He’s so kind and empathetic. That’s why I like his reactions. 😎🎸👏🏻

@Werdisbond

2 жыл бұрын

I think that’s what the song is about. He is talking to himself. It’s like he is starring into a mirror and trying convince his soul or heart, that they didn’t lose control.

As a long time Bowie fan, when I watched this episode of Unplugged I said to myself “that was the acoustic cover of Man Who Sold the World” that I didn’t know I needed”

Oh Me was my favorite song Nirvana did in MTV unplugged.

I was blessed to see Bowie once before he died. Must have been 10 years ago. I never got to see Nirvana. I went to Lollapalooza in 94 when I heard they were booked. They pulled out of course. It was a great festival nonetheless. I went in 92 and 94.

I remember this getting stuck in my head one day when I was in middle school that got me obsessed with nirvana for most of my life.

Love how Kurt plays off that wrong note in the solo 4:33

@ZIG4ZAG20

3 жыл бұрын

😷One must never confuse technical proficiency with professionalism. These guys were ‘PRO’ to the core. Nobody’s perfect, but that ability to flip a flub into something new/better/special takes a seasoned player definitely.🤘🖖✌️🎸🥁🎹🎤

@princeofpcos9804

3 жыл бұрын

I play it that way to this day!

Nirvana was definitely a band that defined a generation and a genre.

@timothy4664

3 жыл бұрын

And radio. 91 in general changed music and radio

@selfishstockton6123

3 жыл бұрын

Rock music by and large was horrendous in the 90s coming off the back of a great 80s decade. Nirvana was one of the few bright spots

@nickbarber3315

3 жыл бұрын

I didn’t know shit was a genre.

@WC1300

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickbarber3315 it just another way of saying category, but it usually applies specifically to art forms.

@timothy4664

3 жыл бұрын

@@nickbarber3315if you think it's shit that if your prerogative. However there is no question that Nirvana changed music and culture. You can argue whether it was "good" I don't care. Questioning their influence would make me question your ability to be impartial. I have very little use for those types of people regardless of their likes or dislikes. I have been a registered democrat since 1995. The telecommunications act that is often discussed was a huge mistake and I blame the democrats for allowing it to happen.

To be at this concert...damm..talk about a part of music history

One of the best covers of all time, Kurt and David mashed up....YES PLEASE!

@BobbyGeneric145

3 жыл бұрын

This was the first cd I asked for as an Xmas gift. Loved it! Listened to Plateau the whole first night.

@lunadexelaju3494

3 жыл бұрын

@@BobbyGeneric145 👌👌👌👌

@lunadexelaju3494

3 жыл бұрын

OTDA: ugh...his voice, the angst guitar, that cello......perfection!!💫💫🙏💕

My 70 year old mother keeps this album in her car. She loves it so much.

The whole Nirvana acoustic set was amazing!

If you're doing whole-album reactions now, you need to do this one. If you can find the entire unplugged episode, you have to watch it. Even if you only get the audio version, it's such a brilliant show. So beautiful.

Had several young people on my staff at the time and all they talked was Nirvana. This is the cover of David Bowie’s tune that introduced me personally to them. One more point. They actually improved and made a David Bowie song their own.

Kurt added the grunge to it. Tribute to Bowie! That inaudible gurgle to it at times. Awesome remake.

Respect to both RIP .. seen Bowie live in 1990 .. my life was complete at that point

@brucegrossman3531

3 жыл бұрын

That was the best Bowie tour.

@rockyroad7345

3 жыл бұрын

I saw him in the 1980's in Houston on his Thin White Duke tour. He was amazing and larger than life. Also one of the first in line to his movie The Man Who Fell to Earth and got the best poster ever of him. He was a true one of a kind.

😷Love this song...never knew it was a Bowie tune until Nirvana covered it.🤘🖖✌️🎸🥁🎹🎤

They also did a really good fully electric version of this in concert. You can see one version on the Nirvana YT.

Just saw you on a "top 4 reactions" from a grunge channel! Your love for music is being recognized far and wide. Keep it up!

I love this entire set so much!!! Please check out their version of "Jesus Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam" from this performance. It's both tragic and magic at the same time. RIP Kurt ❤

I get chills whenever I listen to this song whoever got to witness this show live didn't realize at the time how lucky they were

I was 21 in 1994 when Kurt died. I was always a little more enamored at the time with Pearl Jam. Now sitting here 27 years later (wow!), I am nearly crying as I listen to the unproduced passion of his voice and his soul. RIP Kurt. You and others like you helped define me.

One of the best song covers ever! 8th April was the 27th anniversary of his passing. RIP Kurt. This made me tear up

so great to rediscover these classics along with you! Keep up the awesome work, Jamel! 👍💜

Gaw i love this version...I never get tired of it. Thanks Jamel!

@Johnaxandra

3 жыл бұрын

Loved it when it first came out and still listen to it all the time.

Saw Nirvana in 91 ..1000 people jammed in. Best gig I ever saw.....sweat dripping from the rafters ....

The MTV Unplugged gig was their last televised performance. They played it constantly in the days after his death. It was sad and somber. Watching it you could tell he had already made his decision. RIP.

Amazing how he replicates Bowie's voice on the guitar solo.

Saw Nirvana 2x both at a small club in Philly & yes they lived up to their legacy.

What a great song, and I love this cover! Thanks for doing this, Jamel!

So it's about 11:45pm here on the east coast. Saw you added this today and already been going through my Jamel repeats (i.e. Right Down the Line). Can't wait for this one. Nirvana is my top1 out of five and this cover is impeccable.

This song always moves me to tears when I hear him sing it. I miss his music so much.

One of the best covers of all time! But the original it's a masterpiece! Bowie was a genious.

@headbangingmama8907

3 жыл бұрын

Loved this but you just can't replace David Bowie!!

I saw Nirvana live in Miami, FL November 1993. It was amazing. Videos don't do Kurt justice. Thanks for keeping it alive, man. :)

I saw Nirvana live in Sydney before they went huge, and because my friend was dating their Oz Tour manager, a bunch of us took Kurt and a few band members out on the town after the gig. We ended up at the Taxi Club, a very underground, bohemian club, where Kurt seemed to have a really great time. A fabulous night

i’ll never get over how beautiful the stage was and how fitting it was for them, this is my favorite cover of the song

These MTV Unplugged sessions were some of the best live performances of the 90's... all you can now is, MTV... what a damn shame.

@Johnaxandra

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Nirvana, STP, Alice in Chains, Mariah Carey..some of my favorites.

by far my favorite Unplugged Performance of the whole series, the only one I bought the CD version of

The first cd I ever bought. My favorite song from this Unplugged session.

You are the reason I rediscovered meatloaf. And now Nirvana! I had this album,the cd. I would listen to it every morning I would wake up at 3 am to be at work by 6 and would listen to this cd while getting ready. I was never tired and never late for work.

I got to see Nirvana at James A. Rhodes Arena, Akron, OH on 10/31/1993. We went to see Nightmare Before Christmas at the theater and then watched Nirvana. The Boredoms (Japanese punk band) opened for them. Great day!

When this show was taped in late 1993, Nirvana had expanded their line up, adding Pat Smear on guitar (He's the Latino guy playing the red, white and Blue guitar.) So when the band was discussing the songs they would play, it was Pat who suggested that they'd do a Bowie song. And Kurt going "Yeah, great idea, which one?" According to Dave Grohl, having Pat in the band made Nirvana's final tours so much more fun than they were before. So when Dave formed the Foo Fighters, it was pretty Obvious that Pat would be in that band too. He still is.

I remember watching this on MTV when it premiered. Ahhh, the memories and it still gives me chills.

One of the great covers of a great song.

The last song of this performance “Where Did You Sleep Last Night?” is AMAZING! This performance, as a whole, changed how I viewed Nirvana. One of my favorite albums.

I genuinely liked Nirvana a lot when they hit the scene. It was a bummer that KC deleted himself. Lots of high school afternoons spent listening to him croon.

@starlette570

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure he didn't "delete himself", though

@tazman66gt18

3 жыл бұрын

@@starlette570 well, when you blow your own brains out with a shotgun it doesn't really matter what you call it.

@starlette570

3 жыл бұрын

@@tazman66gt18 I usually hate conspiracy theories, but I don't think I will ever believe that he killed himself

@sexysadie2901

3 жыл бұрын

@@starlette570 🙄

@alrivers2297

3 жыл бұрын

@@starlette570 wasn't he addicted to heroin. If so, then it's very believable. Sad but true

This was my favorite MTV Unplugged concert that my husband and I used to watch when it was on. I think this one was 1994. I was so happy when they turned this into an album, we bought it. Nirvana was a bit too heavy rock for me in some songs but when they were doing an unplugged concert I thought I would see what it was like and I absolutely loved it. Thanks for sharing this song.

Such a brilliantly iconic cover, this track takes me right back, happy days!!

Keep keepin' great music alive. I love what you do.

What more can be said about this that hasn’t already been said. It’s one of the most perfect covers ever and LIVE to boot. My jaw dropped the first time I saw them do it on MTV Unplugged all those years ago. Such a smooth and awesome rendition. I will always love it.

Love watching your videos bro! Keep up the great work much love from Australia

Thoughts turn to memories of my first apartment, in college, ramen noodles and pizza rolls, smoking something, drinking PBR's with friends listening to great music.

“Where did you sleep last night” & “you know you’re right” are 2 of the best powerful songs from Nirvana imo. Kurt’s voice is just AMAZING in those 2 songs. Unplugged version of where did you sleep, will take you by surprise.

had a bad mental health day. this helped me more than you know. thanks for being a good human being. keep up the great content

Always love this. Thanks Jamel👍

This performance breaks my heart.

This entire gig is amazing. As is REM’s 1991 “Unplugged”, “Love Is All Around” is my top tip from that gig, both Stipe & Mills on lead vocals.

I just realised, after all these years, that this is totally not unplugged :D

And I love the "RIP Brother." Keep doing your thing!!

The unplugged was epic. Love your T-shirt 🤙❣️

Love Nirvana!!! You gotta show Sublime some love.

one of the first riffs i ever learned on guitar back in the mid 90s I was playing bass and my friend across the street got a squire electric and i'd go over there to jam and just end up playing his guitar the whole time. got my own Les Paul epiphone a year later and i was of to the races .

This is the definition of a perfect cover version.

I liked when you said "rest in peace brother" 😥🙏🖤♥️💜🍀 true.. rip Kurt ... angel Kurt

Great tribute to these two amazing artistes. What a song! 💪🏻💪🏼💪🏽

bought the album 50 years ago, never heard this version before - thanks a lot.

A real gem and somehow always found by the perfectly appropriate persons to get covered. Lulu turned it into a "a sleazy, almost Berlin cabaret style glam-disco" song (with the help and featuring of Bowie and Mick Ronson making it the precursor of Bowie's plastic soul era); David himself (with the dramatic-operatic vocals of Klaus Nomi and Joey Arias and haunting sc-fi synth sounds by Jimmy Destri of Blondie) made it fitting to his krautrock influenced Berlin-era; Midge Ure transformed the song into a cold minimal-electro postapocalyptic space age ballad. And then came this graceful, tart and placid acoustic flowing grotesque so melancholic as only Kurt and the band can play it. We can be only thankful for this song exists

That whole Unplugged performance was just something magical at the time. I remember seeing it, and just thinking how otherworldly it must have been to sit there in that audience, just listening to those songs at the feet of the man himself. I always wonder, what we might have heard from Cobain after this performance, had he lived. Might he have found yet another theme or sound to move Nirvana into? Could they have found their next big thing? We'll never know. Unplugged was decorated literally like a funeral, as if he knew this was the last goodbye he could say to his fans and the world. In the end, that's exactly what it was.

I want to build a time machine for the sole purpose of going back to watch this performance live.

I felt so bad for him when I heard the news. He was in such pain.

Nirvana was super popular when I was in hs. I had no idea this was a David Bowie cover. I like both versions. Thank you so much for sharing!

I remember watching this on MTV the night it aired. They were amazing.

One of my top favorite songs of all time. Thank you for reacting to this. 😌😌

Considered one of the best covers ever! Bowie once said people came up to him and thought he covered Nirvana doing the song...Bowie loved it!!! The cover i mean

I cried as a child when I heard this, Nirvana was my fave but I think we all knew something special had happened.

" Rest In Peace, Brother". Pure class.

I really think this was the best Mtv Unplugged. Nobody knew what to expect from Nirvana playing an unplugged set and they absolutely killed it. Thanks for this one Jamel ✌️

Man, I've been following you since you had 63k subscribers. Very good to have followed the growth of your channel. I'm really happy... I really like you as a person and your reactions. I know you probably won't see this comment, but I want to register here how much we admire you here in Brazil. You inspire us... many of my friends created channels on youtube and started to do reactions thanks to you. Maybe I will also try one day, who knows. Anyway, congratulations for the growth of the channel. You deserve it... We are cheering and following you from here.

OMG OMG OMG, YESSSSSSSS!!!!!! My absolutely favorite cover ALLLLLLLL!!!!❤💕❤💕❤💕